/lit/ - Literature

>>20075603
You're likely too attached to your self-image for an honest response, but I'd really like to hear your answer: why are people attracted to ugliness like the decor in that photo?

It's one thing to cultivate a vibe around rusted metal and neon lighting, but another to have a slapdash collection of knick-knacks, textures, and scribbles everywhere. That ugly smiley face evokes nothing in me except disgust, and I think it's because I cannot imagine any positive emotion being conveyed through it. It would be childlike if not for the visual context; as a result, it seems almost inhuman (though not in any transcendental sense).